Parking enforced downtown Hayward

I noticed several parking tickets this week on windshields of cars along B Street between Foothill and Watkins, where there is a two-hour time limit on parking. I also noticed that tires were being chalked on cars parked in 24-minute spaces between Bank of the West and Bijou Restaurant.

Merchants have complained in the past about cars parking for hours in front of their stores, causing their customers to have to park far distances from the shops — or sometimes decide not to stop.